MTECH, as you may know is a partner to Alvaro Bautista, supplying him with leathers for the 2009 season – and it’s with this kind of involvement with the sport globally, that MTECH has this year launched its “Racing Service”. A truck equipped with all accessories to service the riders is ready on all Road [...]
The year is 1992, the circuit is Interlagos in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A rain-hit qualifying session sees Jorge Martínez “Aspar” start from 25th position on the grid. The signs were not good for the man from Alzira until the green light was shown and from that point things could not have gone better as he [...]
Pos | Driver | Bike | Time 1. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 40m44.008s 2. Hector Barbera Aprilia +4.424 3. Marco Simoncelli Gilera +10.339 4. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia +11.383 5. Roberto Locatelli Gilera +11.596 6. Alex Debon Aprilia +14.265 7. Karel Abraham Aprilia +17.982 8. Hector Faubel Honda +19.012 9. Rattapark Wilairot Honda +20.92610. Raffaele de Rosa [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap 1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 39m07.577s 2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.078s 3. Julian Simon Aprilia + 0.901s 4. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 12.356s 5. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 12.400s 6. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 20.468s 7. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 20.755s 8. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 21.263s 9. [...]
250cc 11th Mike Di Meglio: “I had a good start and tried to pick up positions quickly. At the beginning I was riding with the lead group, so I had to push to keep up with them. I felt very comfortable riding, but suddenly the rear end of my bike started to slide out. I [...]
Pos | Driver | Bike | Time 1. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 40m44.008s 2. Hector Barbera Aprilia +4.424 3. Marco Simoncelli Gilera +10.339 4. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia +11.383 5. Roberto Locatelli Gilera +11.596 6. Alex Debon Aprilia +14.265 7. Karel Abraham Aprilia +17.982 8. Hector Faubel Honda +19.012 9. Rattapark Wilairot Honda +20.92610. Raffaele de Rosa [...]
Less said the better quite frankly…A brilliant run from Alvaro (on for second or first spot) cut short with about a lap to go when Hiro Aoyama amde a mistake in the final chicane, running wide and slowing right down only to come back onto the track to take out Alvaro who was on the [...]
250cc 3rd Álvaro Bautista 1.40.210 (22 laps): “I had a few problems with the front end in corner entry this afternoon, which I think is because we were running a used front tyre and a new rear. About halfway through this afternoon’s qualifying we started to make some progress with the bike and I began [...]
